[17:23] <JanC> Azelphur: a well-designed monitor should consume < 0.5W when you use the standby button; isn't that an option?
[17:23] <Azelphur> JanC: I managed to solve it, it's the nvidia driver that does it and there's an option in xorg.conf to turn it off
[17:23] <Azelphur> JanC: the problem was that it's annoying putting 4 monitors one by one into standby :)
[17:24] <JanC> maybe there should be a standby command that can be sent by the OS  :) 
[17:25] <Azelphur> JanC: there is, xset dpms force off, but it's annoying to use.
[17:25] <JanC> anyway, powering down the monitor is probably indistinguishable from unplugging the monitor
[17:26] <Azelphur> indeed it is, Option "UseHotplugEvents" "Off" saves the day anyway
[17:26] <Azelphur> I wouldn't really want it disabling any of my monitors under any circumstances anyway
[17:26] <JanC> does DPMS put the monitor in full standby?
[17:27] <JanC> if so, it would be as easy as putting a "button" somewhere in your UI  :)
[17:27] <Azelphur> JanC: yea it does
[17:27] <Azelphur> so, I could do it like that
[17:28] <Azelphur> the only problem with it is that the screen gets turned on again if you knock the mouse even slightly, and then it doesn't get turned off again
[17:28] <Azelphur> which is annoying.
[17:28] <JanC> then you would have to disable *that*
[17:29] <JanC> actually, I think you can make it turn off the screen after an amount of inactivity?
[17:30] <JanC> and maybe you can disable the "mouse move re-enables"
[17:31] <Azelphur> JanC: or just use my button, which solves all the problems and saves even more power than standby :P
[17:31] <Azelphur> and plus I can plug other things into it
[17:32] <JanC> as long as you don't need to add/remove monitors  :)
[17:33] <Azelphur> JanC: it's a PC, so adding/removing monitors is unlikely :)
[17:33] <JanC> and I wonder if that option also applies to keyboards, mice, etc.